The best thing about growing older is that it takes such a long time.
BOB HOPE
BOB HOPE
Bob Hope on growing
Bob Hope113 quotes“The best thing about growing older is that it takes such a long time.”
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It was a typically British birth… I was three at the time. They had a strike in the maternity ward… I came out in sympathy.
Bob HopeBob Hope We’re on our way to the Persian Gulf. Wait! It’s a mistake! I thought they said Persian Golf.
Bob HopeBob Hope She said she was approaching forty, and I couldn’t help wondering from what direction.
Bob HopeBob Hope If you think golf is relaxing, you’re not playing it right.
Bob HopeBob Hope In England when you make a movie even the weather is against you.
Bob HopeBob Hope To give you an idea of how fast we travelled – we left with two rabbits and when we arrived we still had only two.
Bob HopeBob Hope I like to play in the low 70’s. If it gets any hotter than that I’ll stay in the bar!
Bob HopeBob Hope Jimmy Stewart could have been a good golfer, but he speaks so slowly that by the time he yells ‘Fore!’ the guy he’s hit is already in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.
Bob HopeBob Hope Rock and roll is catching on all over . . . France . . . England . . . They even have it in Japan, only over there they call it judo.
Bob HopeBob Hope It’s very frustrating making a picture in Paris. We work hard all day at the studio to get a love scene just right. Then, on my way home, I see couples on every street corner doing it better.
Bob HopeBob Hope On one hole, I hit an alligator so hard, he’s now my golf bag.
Bob HopeBob Hope Golf is a game that needlessly prolongs the lives of some of our most useless citizens.
Bob HopeBob Hope Sure Vietnam is a dirty war. I’ve never heard of a clean one.
Bob HopeBob Hope Kissing is like drinking tea with a tea strainer, you can never get enough.
Bob HopeBob Hope Eighty is when you order a steak and the headwaiter puts it through the blender. Or when you wake up as many times during the night as Burt Reynolds, but not for the same reason.
Bob HopeBob Hope It’s so cold here in Washington, D.C., that politicians have their hands in their own pockets.
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Mental health doesn’t have to be an uphill battle.
Isabel RocioIsabel Rocio The worst thing is not to share our pain with each other when you can.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase I have happened in so many places, to so many people – the essence of me lives on in these nuances, these moments.
Lang LeavLang Leav Respect your body, it’s a home to be thankful for.
SargamSargam My heart holds your name like it’s the only thing it knows.
N.M SanchezN.M Sanchez Listening and empathizing will enable you to look past fake smiles and dive deeper into the pain in their eyes.
Ankur SinghAnkur Singh I heard the universe whisper “take care of her”
Karla GaleanaKarla Galeana Respect me, not because I respect you, but because I deserve your respect.
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Well to me growing, up I’ve had my own psychological war with my parents dying at such a young age. My mother was killed by a drunk driver, then two months later my father drowned.
Adam BeachAdam Beach Growing up with sexual abuse and having to be in gangs and dealing with my own trauma; finding the cultural identity when I was 16, and learning those traditional ways saved me from hurting myself.
Adam BeachAdam Beach The bottom line is the Kiss Army is growing by leaps and bounds.
Ace FrehleyAce Frehley Twenty years ago I wanted to move to a nice place so our Charley would grow up a nice boy and learn a profession. But instead we live in a jungle, so he can only be a wild animal.
Abraham PolonskyAbraham Polonsky Growing up in Poland, I didn’t have the experience of going to Disneyland as a child, so I don’t have any childhood memories connected to it, good or bad.
Abel KorzeniowskiAbel Korzeniowski I come from a great family and I was raised by wonderful parents. There is no question that I was given a lot of interesting and unique opportunities growing up.
Abby HuntsmanAbby Huntsman If I have this child? Why wasn’t it obvious to me that I already had a child, who was growing inside of me?
Abby JohnsonAbby Johnson My dad was so much fun growing up.
Abby ElliottAbby Elliott